diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be25a530a892d..8a9db259aea85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ The corresponding JWT config can be:
 **NOTE:** If you have event triggers with names greater than 42 chars, then you should update their names to avoid running into Postgres identifier limit bug (#5786)
 - server: fix issue with tracking custom functions that return `SETOF` materialized view (close #5294) (#5945)
 - server: allow remote relationships with union, interface and enum type fields as well (fixes #5875) (#6080)
+- cli: fix bug in metadata apply which made the server aquire some redundant and unnecessary locks (close #6115)
 
 ### Breaking change
 
diff --git a/cli/migrate/database/hasuradb/metadata.go b/cli/migrate/database/hasuradb/metadata.go
index 01e48632a4b76..1d8ad654ef06d 100644
--- a/cli/migrate/database/hasuradb/metadata.go
+++ b/cli/migrate/database/hasuradb/metadata.go
@@ -180,18 +180,9 @@ func (h *HasuraDB) ApplyMetadata() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	query := HasuraInterfaceBulk{
-		Type: "bulk",
-		Args: []interface{}{
-			HasuraInterfaceQuery{
-				Type: "clear_metadata",
-				Args: HasuraArgs{},
-			},
-			HasuraInterfaceQuery{
-				Type: "replace_metadata",
-				Args: obj,
-			},
-		},
+	query := HasuraInterfaceQuery{
+		Type: "replace_metadata",
+		Args: obj,
 	}
 	resp, body, err := h.sendv1Query(query)
 	if err != nil {